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Breathing and Blood Pressure Study for Healthy and Overweight Adults

This study is looking at how obesity affects your body's response to breathing exercises and physical activity. Researchers want to understand how your heart and blood vessels react during brief exercise and different breathing maneuvers. You may be able to join if you are between 18 and 45 years old, have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 kg/m² or less, and your weight has been stable for the past six months. You cannot join if you have certain heart, nerve, kidney, liver, or metabolic (e.g., diabetes) illnesses, or uncontrolled high blood pressure. The main goal is to measure your blood pressure during exercise over a period of up to one week. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status.

Study design
This is an observational study, meaning researchers will observe participants without providing a specific intervention. It plans to enroll 80 participants.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Blood pressure during exercise will be measured for up to one week.

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NCT05632406

Breathing & Blood Pressure

Recruiting
Not specifiedAges 18–45Observational
Florida State University
~80 participants
Updated 2026-06-26 on ClinicalTrials.gov

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Blood pressure during exercise
Measured over Up to one week

Conditions

Healthy
Overweight and Obesity

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Florida1

Study leadership

  • Joseph Watso, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Florida State University

Who to contact

Joseph Watso, PhD
[email protected]
850-644-5260
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Eligibility criteria

Exclusion

Not weight stable (\<5% change in body mass over the past six months)
Overt cardiovascular, neurological, renal, liver, and/or metabolic illness (e.g., diabetes mellitus)
Current, or history of uncontrolled, Stage 2 hypertension (blood pressure \>140 / 90 mmHg; anti-hypertensive medications are permitted)
Diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea
Previous bariatric surgery
Diagnosis or signs (e.g., values below the lower limit of normal) of overt airway disease(s)
Current or recent (regular use within the past 6 months) use of tobacco or nicotine products (e.g., cigarettes, vaping)
Per the POWERbreathe® company:
Patients who have undergone recent abdominal surgery and those with abdominal hernia.
Asthma patients who have a very low symptom perception and suffer from frequent, severe exacerbations or with an abnormally low perception of dyspnoea.
If a patient is suffering from a ruptured eardrum or any other condition of the ear.
Patients with marked elevated left ventricular end-diastolic volume and pressure.
Patients with worsening heart failure signs and symptoms after a respiratory/inspiratory muscle training (IMT) session
If you are suffering from a cold, sinusitis, or respiratory tract infection, we advise that you do not use your POWERbreathe IMT device.
Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
Pregnant (self-reported and urine pregnancy test conducted), lactating (self-reported), or post-menopausal (self-reported) females
Prisoners

What this trial measures

  • Blood pressure during exerciseUp to one week

    Systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured in the laboratory at rest and during an incremental aerobic exercise test